The Muted Event.

Recently, I have found out about "muted". This means I will be muted but I will still be listening, watching, and supporting. I will not be posting any of my regular content on my social media for June 1st - June 7th. Instead, I will be posting links to donate, petitions to sign, educate, and find any small black businesses that you can support. It is to amplify black voices and it is to educate myself more. I have a lot to learn this week and I apologize for any mistakes I make. I will try to correct myself and I will keep trying. I want to become an ally and make progress. Listen to the voices that matter. This post will be for websites specifically. Most are just guides, but I put some culture in there too to help educate.

WEBSITES:

BYP100 (gender violence)

NAACP (provides information on economics, education, nationwide advocacy justice, and the environment)

SPLC (provides resources, hatewatch, and recent news)

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness, the page linked is specifically for blacks)

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health, provides specific information for blacks)

Project LETS (Lets Erase The Stigma)

BHMA (Black Mental Health Alliance)

Black Community Resource Directory (resource directory)

The Black Response (includes COVID-19 resources, relief demands, and so much more!)

AARP Black Community (black health)

BCRC (Black Community Resource Centre)

National Archives (specifically for black history)

Towson University (provides a lot of information on on-campus organizations, recognizing warning signs, and provides resources on and off campus).

Carbon Black (provides the latest threats and help, you have to register an account to see the items).

BRG (Black Community Business Resources Group. This is in the form of a PDF)

BlackNews (Health)

NAMI (Urban Los Angeles, includes information on helplines, organizations, health, rehab, and so much more)

Helpline Center

NAMI (Challenging Mental Health Stigma in the black community)

Office Of Financial Management (includes resources for lgbtq+, veterans, immigrants, and disabled people).

Black Mountain Sand (offers facilities, resources, and products).

Center for Black Equity (particularly for LGBTQ+ blacks)

Ujima (National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, provides resources)

Black History Month Resource Kit (includes LGBTQ+, tips on coverage, and famous LGBTQ+ blacks)

Archives For Black Lives In Philadelphia (provides resources for anti-racism, a PDF)

The Black Church (deals with black church leadership

breadfortheworld (hunger and poverty in black communities)

Black Demographics (poverty)

Community Service Society (economics, poverty, and work)

Chalkbeat (study with race and academics)

Ammo.com (details about black America, LBJ's war on poverty, and black involvement)

Lawaspect (talks about crime, limiting black involvement, and racial profiling)

Elite Daily (reproductive health care)

National Partnership for Women and Families (black reproductive health)

The American Prospect (history on black culture)

National Museum of African American History & Culture (black identity and culture)

Our Pastimes (history of black music)

BlackPast (the black arts movement)

History (black women in art and literature)

Art (collection of art)

BBC Culture (details how black women were whitewashed in art)

haughey (black literature)

University of Minnesota (literacy)

NCBI (identity development)

Religion in History (religion, PDF)

Research Gate (emotional and social development in children)

NAEYC (achievement gap. also provides resources)

NIST (speech about development in technology)

Michigan Family Review (religion, moral)

Smith College (role models in young men)

PBS (gentrification)

Gender Race Class (gentrification, history of gentrification. also offers hiv/aid activism, sports, etc.)

Wharton University of Pennsylvania (effects of gentrification)

The Atlantic (gentrification)

The Sandbox News (the war on drugs and how it targeted blacks)

Drug Policy Alliance (race and the war on drugs)

NEA (National Education Association. black education issues)

BlackDemographics (education)

Winston-Salem State University (black girls and education)

University Libraries (black unions. also mentions social, political, and labor issues)

Britain at Work (race and trade unions)

Cuny School of Labor and Urban Studies (politics and labor)

BlackDemographics (politics)

Pew Research Center (politics and the gap)

NCBI (race and polio politics)

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